Vetterli M1870 type II Cadet Rifle...
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:45 pm
Two cadets compared to a big brother.
The cadet is a single shot rifle.
Guisan.
Two cadets compared to a big brother.
The cadet is a single shot rifle.
Guisan.
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Vetterli M1870 type II Cadet Rifle...
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Two cadets compared to a big brother.
The cadet is a single shot rifle.
Guisan.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:54 pm
Nice photo's Guisan. I yearn for one of these badly. 
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:29 am
What other Vetterli's do you have LoLo ?
Guisan.
Guisan.
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:52 am
Guisan, at present I have a 69/71, a 78 and a couple of 81's. I converted the two 81's to centerfire. I have to admit that they are my favorite shooters.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:36 pm
Well that's a nice collection to start with, it's indeed better to leave the older rifles in their original condition.
Guisan.
Guisan.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:38 pm
Here's a few pics of my Vett's.
http://www.knology.net/~lolo/vetts4.jpg[/pic]
http://www.knology.net/~lolo/vett3.jpg[/pic]
http://www.knology.net/~lolo/vett5.jpg[/pic]
The two bottom pictures are my favorite 81. It was used by an artillery school and made by the company that later became SIG.
The two bottom pictures are my favorite 81. It was used by an artillery school and made by the company that later became SIG.
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 2:01 am
Guisan
Thanks for the education, what cartridge did the Cadet rifle use?
Thanks for the education, what cartridge did the Cadet rifle use?
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:30 am
Well the cadet rifles were able to shoot the normal cartridges but common was the use of a cartridge with less powder.
The same goes also for the later M1897 cadet straight pull, that one has a rear sight with two scales, one for normal cartridges and the other for the special cadet cartridges.
LoLo I think that your rifle was once part of the study collection of the artillery school at Fontainebleau in France.
SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG Société Industrielle Suisse) (SIG Swiss Industrial Company) (SIG Società Industriale Svizzera) (SIG Sociedad Industrial Suiza), in N e u h a u s e n a m R h e i n f a l l is the same company in several languages and at first the guns they made were marked in French, they changed that later to German.
See for more about SIG here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizeri ... sellschaft
Guisan.
The same goes also for the later M1897 cadet straight pull, that one has a rear sight with two scales, one for normal cartridges and the other for the special cadet cartridges.
LoLo I think that your rifle was once part of the study collection of the artillery school at Fontainebleau in France.
SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft (SIG Société Industrielle Suisse) (SIG Swiss Industrial Company) (SIG Società Industriale Svizzera) (SIG Sociedad Industrial Suiza), in N e u h a u s e n a m R h e i n f a l l is the same company in several languages and at first the guns they made were marked in French, they changed that later to German.
See for more about SIG here....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizeri ... sellschaft
Guisan.
very nice stuff
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:27 am
great looking collections!
Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:44 am
Thanks for that info Guisan. I spent a little while with the links and mostly looking at Fontainebleau, France. I'd like a chance to wonder around that town for a week or two someday.
The Vetterli cadet rifle is the most apealing to me. I remember seeing what looked like one converted to a nice target rifle once.
The Vetterli cadet rifle is the most apealing to me. I remember seeing what looked like one converted to a nice target rifle once.